I am sure you are already doing this but cutting down food is a great way to help loose weight and also it might be worth getting a treat ball. Put her food into the ball and then she has to push the ball around until the food falls out, meaning she is gently exercising while she is eating.

You’re doing a great job – keep it up!

Your foster was lucky to have you (and Mr. N) taking such good care of him.

I sometimes think one problem people have in thinking about dog weight is forgetting how small they are (well, except for giant dogs) compared to humans. But I suspect that Blanche the beagle being 25-30 pounds overweight is comparable to a medium-framed woman weighing 300 pounds).

I can see lots of people failing to notice a tiny dog being a pound over weight. But yes, as you said, it’s 20% of his body weight. And that’s a lot.

Blanche wasn’t eating at the shelter and avoided kibble. The shelter staff thought she might have had sensitive gums after having her teeth cleaned in surgery. But I’ll start trying crunchy vegetables and see how she likes them.

I know the shelter will advise her new family to help her lose weight. But after that, it’s hard to tell. Some people find fat beagles cute, unfortunately.

One family who came to visit an earlier beagle I fostered didn’t like her because she was too skinny.